Daniel Aldana Cohen

Daniel Cohen is a writer and PhD candidate in sociology at NYU. He studies capitalism and the urban politics of climate change; so far his research has focused on the case of São Paulo. He is the co-editor of Notes From Canada's Young Activists: A Generation Stands up for Change (yes---Canada, the country where he was born and raised).

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March 9, 2012

Were March 1^st Demonstrators Occupy’s Comeback Kids?

By Daniel Aldana Cohen On March 9, 2012 In Dispatches, Occupy With No Comments Permalink

It’s been a long, cold winter and people are wondering, “Is Occupy still going?” It is. But how and whereMore…

December 23, 2011

Amorous Analogies: How #OWS Connects the Dots

By Daniel Aldana Cohen On December 23, 2011 In Occupy, Digest With No Comments Permalink

In a social theory graduate seminar about a year ago, Peter Marcuse, a radical lawyer and urban planning prof, cameMore…

November 23, 2011

A Mouse Eye View of Eviction Night

By Daniel Aldana Cohen On November 23, 2011 In Dispatches With No Comments Permalink

At 12:57 on Tuesday morning I got a text message that read: OccupyNYC: URGENT: Hundreds of police mobilizing around Zuccotti.More…